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ER Nurses React to Medication Errors Live at NurseCon 2026 | The ER Edit Ep. 11

We recorded live at NurseCon 2026, and this episode went exactly where you would expect: medication errors, ER nurse chaos, wild audience stories, burnout, nurse ratios, and one very unfortunate cruise laxative situation. We react to shocking med error stories, including insulin mistaken for Lasix, Lantus pushed IV, mannitol into a lumbar drain, cough syrup through an IV, and the kinds of medical stories that make every nurse double check everything forever. We also talk about our own early nursing mistakes, why errors are often bigger than one person, the Swiss cheese effect, post-Covid burnout, bad preceptor experiences, and why nurses need spaces where they can laugh, vent, and feel understood. — — — — — — — — — —LISTEN TO THE ER EDITSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theEReditFOLLOW THE ER EDITTikTok: @theEReditInstagram: @theERedit_CONNECT WITH THE HOSTSCaitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89Business inquiries: theeredit@gmail.com— — — — — — — — — —00:00 Struggling for My Life00:27 Clocked In Live at NurseCon01:08 Who We Are and Why We’re Here02:11 From Secret TikToks to Med Errors03:14 Taking Medication Errors Live04:48 Every Nurse Has a Med Error Story05:13 Blood in 15 Seconds and Morphine Allergies06:13 Insulin Instead of Lasix07:19 Amiodarone for Bradycardia?08:09 Full Bottle of Lantus IV Push09:19 Cough Syrup Through an IV10:23 The PCA Pump That Went Nowhere11:47 Why Nursing Mistakes Are So Scary13:14 The Allergy Miss That Became an Airway Emergency14:30 The Swiss Cheese Effect15:19 Nurse Ratios Around the Country16:36 8 Patients on Night Shift17:29 The Most Unhinged Nurse Would You Rather20:11 Alcohol Withdrawal or Psych C Diff?21:27 ER Nurse Red Flags24:18 NurseCon, Burnout, and Finding Your People24:55 The Cruise Laxative Incident28:12 Taco Bell in the Driveway28:43 Nurses Know How to Let Loose32:26 Why We Talk About the Hard Stuff34:42 New Nurses, Burnout, and Bad Preceptors39:12 How Covid Changed Healthcare

ER Nurses React to the Craziest Lab Values Ever | The ER Edit Ep. 10

In this episode of The ER Edit, we react to the craziest lab values and vital signs nurses have seen, including wild blood pressures, glucose numbers, sodium levels, troponins, ethanol levels, DKA, alcohol withdrawal, rhabdo, and BNPs that made us question reality. We also get into the ER moments that stick with us, from patients saying they are going to die to an emotional Christmas Eve STEMI story. Then we open the Whisper Line for anonymous confessions, ICU secrets, relationship red flags, and one hospital room affair we were not prepared for. — — — — — — — — — — LISTEN TO THE ER EDIT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theERedit FOLLOW THE ER EDIT TikTok: @theERedit Instagram: @theERedit_ CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Caitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_ Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89 Business inquiries: theeredit@gmail.com — — — — — — — — — — 00:00 Tell My Wife and Daughter I Love Them 00:25 Clocking In to Episode 10 00:55 The Podcast Hits the Top 200 03:13 Craziest Labs and Vitals Nurses Have Seen 03:53 A Blood Pressure That Should Not Be Real 05:22 White Count, Sodium, Troponin, and Ethanol Chaos 08:31 The Critical Troponin Call That Taught a Lesson 10:31 Nursing Diagnosis Did Not Teach Us This 12:01 Blood Sugar of 2020 and DKA Explained 14:33 Hemoglobin Drops and a Ruptured Spleen Story 17:16 Alcohol Withdrawal Patients Are Terrifying 19:15 Rhabdo, CK Over 40000, and Flu Complications 21:54 BNP of 122000 and Heart Failure Fluid Overload 23:38 The Whisper Line Starts Getting Unhinged 26:09 The Stroke Confession That Hit Hard 31:22 Marriage Red Flags and No Caller ID Panic 35:02 When Patients Say They Are Going to Die 37:31 The Christmas Eve STEMI Story 42:29 The ICU Room Affair Nobody Was Ready For 44:00 Caught in the Hospital Bathroom

ER Nurses Play Would You Survive the ER? | The ER Edit Ep. 9

This week on The ER Edit, Caitlin Armstrong and Karlie Tooley are playing Would You Survive the ER? We are talking wild triage moments, homeboy transport, PPE surprises, decon showers, scabies versus bedbugs, skin snow, a nursing school toe story we truly were not ready for, and the ER cases that make you realize anything can walk through the door. If you are an ER nurse, nursing student, new grad, healthcare worker, or just here for the chaos, this one is funny, disgusting, honest, and painfully accurate. Clock in and let us know which scenario would have sent you home. — — — — — — — — — — LISTEN TO THE ER EDIT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theERedit FOLLOW THE ER EDIT TikTok: @theERedit Instagram: @theERedit_ CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Caitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_ Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89 Business inquiries: theeredit@gmail.com — — — — — — — — — — 00:00 She Pulled Off a Toe? 00:22 Would You Survive the ER? 01:18 The Wildest Triage Story 04:53 Homeboy Transport Chaos 07:08 Decon Showers and PPE Panic 14:05 Scabies Family Plan or Bedbugs? 17:32 Skin Snow and the Toe Story 21:04 Period Pants in a Trauma 24:27 Guess the Triage Level 27:11 Grandma Fell on Baby Aspirin 30:23 The Aortic Dissection That Scares Nurses 35:33 How Patients Accidentally Make the ER Worse

Nursing Stereotypes That Are Way Too Accurate | The ER Edit Ep. 8

In this episode, we are talking about the nursing stereotypes that are way too accurate. We get into the personalities every hospital seems to have, from the OG nurse and the Gen Z nurse to the know it all nurse, male nurse stereotypes, and the ER nurse who thrives in chaos. We also break down specialty stereotypes for psych, NICU, peds, PICU, flight, ICU, PACU, and ER nurses, and have way too much fun guessing which specialties different celebrities would work in. This one is funny, specific, and painfully relatable. — — — — — — — — — — LISTEN TO THE ER EDIT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0 [https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0] Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theERedit [https://www.youtube.com/@theERedit] FOLLOW THE ER EDIT TikTok: @theERedit Instagram: @theERedit_ CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Caitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_] Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89 [https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89] Business inquiries:  theeredit@gmail.com [theeredit@gmail.com] — — — — — — — — — — 0:00 The Tailored Scrubs Debate 0:19 Welcome Back To The ER Edit 0:43 Why Nursing Stereotypes Are So Accurate 1:43 The Legendary OG Nurse 3:33 Male Nurse Stereotypes 7:28 The Gen Z Nurse 9:36 Scrub Trends And Nurse Style 13:09 The Scary Know It All Nurse 17:06 Psych Nurse Stereotypes 18:18 NICU, Peds, And PICU Nurses 22:15 Flight Nurses Are Built Different 26:56 ICU Nurses Vs ER Nurses 32:05 Why ER Nurses Are Their Own Breed 33:32 Celebrities As Nurse Specialties 37:24 Wrapping Up

When Nursing Becomes Your Identity | The ER Edit Ep. 7

In this episode, we talk about what happens when nursing becomes more than a career and starts becoming part of your identity. From nursing school to years in the ER, we share how the job can shape our minds, our relationships, and the way we carry stress long after a shift ends. We also open up about how motherhood changed the way we experience nursing, trauma, anxiety, and work life balance. This is a vulnerable conversation about nurse burnout, mental health, PTSD, boundaries, pride in the profession, and learning how to be more than just the title of nurse. — — — — — — — — — — LISTEN TO THE ER EDIT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theERedit FOLLOW THE ER EDIT TikTok: @theERedit Instagram: @theERedit_ CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Caitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_ Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89 Business inquiries: theeredit@gmail.com — — — — — — — — — — 0:00 The PTSD That Comes Back 0:20 Welcome Back To The ER Edit 1:46 When Nursing Becomes Your Identity 5:19 Why Karlie Chose Nursing 7:21 College, Setbacks, And Alaska 11:17 Caitlin’s Path Into Nursing 14:21 You Are Not Too Old For Nursing 18:28 The Pride Of Being An ER Nurse 20:13 Leaving The ER And Becoming A Mom 23:56 How Motherhood Changed Nursing 31:06 Boundaries, PTO, And Mental Health 37:15 You Are More Than Your Job